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Compression Quality? Settings for Bitrate?

Community Beginner ,
May 21, 2025 May 21, 2025

So, as I'm using this now (versus previous uses) it seems to be 'muddying' the audio some when I download the file.  Like it sounds great, and exactly the way I want it one the website app.

But when I download it, I get a somewhat noticeably lower quality audio file.
Yes, there is a difference between the v1 and v2 output as well I've noticed.  I just tested v1/v2 output with the same 256kbps mp3 file.  both spit me out roughly the same size, filetype, and bitrate, with slight audio differences.

Is there a way, that I can't seem to find, to alter the output Bitrate?  The files all seem to be 63/64 kbps now.  I have some previous ones where it was 96 on output, which sound basically identical to the cleanup done in the website.  But I can't get it to output that for me now (and probably for months, was just trusting for a few months, but I can tell a difference now)

 

But, right before posting this I also did a 48k hz, 24bit wav file, to test this out with.
I still can't set anything for the bitrate or file type, but I do get a much better quality file in return when using a very large wav file.  I ended up with a 55mb file, that was 10 mins long, still in wav format, and 768kbps.

I guess now I'm ultimately wondering now if there is something I can find to tell me where I can change the settings for output?  And if not, is there a 'rough' conversion chart so I know what the 'max file spec' file I can feed into this is, and what the expected output will be ?

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Explorer ,
May 25, 2025 May 25, 2025

My tip is: don't upload an MP3. For some reason, it always outputs as 64kbps, which sucks. And no, there's no way to edit that.

 

If you upload a WAV, it will output a WAV. Also, if you output an AAC, it will also output a WAV.

 

So, that may be your solution if the problem is file size: convert to AAC, chuck it on Podcast Enhance, and output it. You'll get a great-sounding WAV file.

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Community Beginner ,
May 25, 2025 May 25, 2025
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Hey Phil,
Yeah, I'm with you.  A higher quality wav in, does equal a better quality wav out during the whole podcast ai enhancement process.
Which is what I want, ultimately (though now I gotta deal with such larger file sizes both ways).

I guess I really want to be able to alter it's bitRate, etc, etc, in the Adobe Podcast Enhance, so I don't have to take another wave file, and then convert it to a more pod friendly 128kbps mp3 (or whatever you fine peeps like to use in your own pods).  Just more steps.  Plus, not having this documented as 'This Input = This Output' is a bit frustrating as you have to do some trial and error.  Which you and I have done, and reached similar conclusions.

Eh, it's early on.  I'm sure they'll keep updating this product to make it better and better as time goes on.

* And maybe they'll take this into consieration... 😜

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